Pikey peak short camp Trek

 After going through customs, our Himalayan Gateway Trekking staff and guide will be eagerly waiting for you in order to greet with white scarf, the traditional way of sherpa culture. After a warm reception, we transfer you to your nice hotel in Kathmandu city. We proceed your hotel check in while you are taking your well-come drink. In the evening, you will have a short briefing and orientation about your trip and high-altitude sickness. 

For the overland journey for Phatanje village ,our entry point of trip, we will be leaving kathmandu Valley early in the morning by 5 am after we pick you up at your hotel.After that we will drive you on BP highway in a private Jeep winding through sunkoshi River in a stunning view of landscape and river .And,we get to Ghurmi lunch stop ,halfway through the journey,where we will have lunch before crossing the bridge.Afteward,the road starts ascending all the way up until getting to Dhap from where we veer to left on off-road,leaving the pitched raod.It will be a little bumpy ride for an hour until we reach to the destination,Phatanje magar ethnic village. You dinner and tented camp will be readily awaiting for your warm welcome.

After a hearty organic breakfast in the village camp,we will warm up for 5 minuts in order to begin our hiking.Todays hiking starts with short visiting of village community house,community hospital and high school on the way to Bulbule.After passing by the school,the trail slighly starts ascending but it is thrilling because the face of Mt Everest and Numbur Himal starts popping up as you ascend to Tadapani and Jhapre.we will have lunch in Jhapre,a small lodge place with beautiful Monastery on flat hill top.There after, the trail ascends slightly uphill entering a dense alpine forest of rhododendron and firs until getting on to the open area from where the another ridgeline starts that connects all way to Pikey Peak.If weather favoured us,the hiking from here onwards almost on the ridgeline is very thrilling because it is so wide open that you can freely see the himalayas to the northern horizons and beautiful landscape and forest to the down below all day long.After hiking for couple of hrs on the flat alpine trail,passing by maniwals place to place ,we reach to our camp site in Bulbule which literally meainng to bubbling spring water ,the only source of drinking water supply of that area. After having tea and biscuits upon reaching,we can hike up for half an hour to the top of Bulbuley Hill which is vantage point for sunset view of Himalayas along with Mt .Everest.

Today,waking up early in the morning,you can even hike around the hill to see the beautiful sunrise if interested.After breakfast ,we will be hiking on avery easy and thrilling alpine flat trail with a nice view to both sides on pastureland until we get into the forest on rocky path.You will be seeing herds of yaks grazing on the alpine meadow along with recently renovated aged old maniwalls that you will walk by.Make sure you will be walking to the ride side of the manewalls as per Buddhist customery. After walking the unleveled rocky trail in the alpine and rodhodendron forest,we will be arriving at Samsung bhanjyan, to catch your organic lunch, a small saddle-like mountain pass where you can witness the longest Maniwall of your entire trip.After that,trail starts steep uphill halfway through and slightly ascending all way to Base camp where we have camp stop.

After a stomachfull breakfast and warm up,we start our journey at 8 am ,by climbing up to the Pikey peak top that will take about one and half hour in a slow pace as we are ascending in higher elavation.Even from the uphill trail half way through the top, you can start seeing the jaw-dropping himalayan ranges from Numbur himal to Gaurishankar in a close up view.Upon reaching on the top,you will still feel a strong wind that has been going on from early morning.But,your tiredness and chilly wind will be faded way once you see the breathtaking view of himalayas ranging all the way from Kanchenjunga to Annapurna and Dhaulagiri all in one line . You can see all four highest peaks in the world in one glance that are more than 8000 meter high.Ask your guide which one is which.

After taking the pictures and enjoying the panoramic view of the mountains along with Mt Everest,we will head down to Shamsing Bhanjyang through pikey peak ridge line all the way to shamsing bhanjyang,  not walking back down to Pikey Base camp.This way we will save some more times and have good view of village and forest to down below from the ridgeline trails which will take just an hour to get down.Then , we hike on the same leveled path for another hour to get to Chapsa pakha to meet our lunch.After lunch,instead of walking back on same route to Bhulbhule,we veer to left heading down into  a beautiful dense forest of pine and rhododendron that will take us to  a small sherpa village called Dhimel in an hour and half.There is where we will have our last camping,and enjoy the farewell party with Nepali folk cultural dance and song such as Resam Firiri......

Since this sherpa village is already connected to Capital city, Kathmandu with gravel road, we will take our Jeep ride early in the morning from here to Kathmandu bound seeing off your trekking staff right here in Dhimel,promising to seeing in next trip soon.

For today,we will drive you around the world heritage sites of kathmandu valley with a certified tour guide  if you have booked the sightseeing trip.Other wise,you could take it easy and stroll around Thamel bazar by yourself for shopping .

Today is the last day in amazing Nepal with great experience and fond memories with excellent time and adventure ,  in pikey peak trekking .And,as per your time for International flight, our guide and staff will transfer you to Airport for your final departure homeward bound or to your next  connected destinations.